Best bets: UWSP to open museum collections to the public

Live amphibians and reptiles, like this pine snake handled by University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point student Emily Fleischauer, will be displayed by the Herpetology Society from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday as part of a Collection Crawl at the Museum of Natural History in the Albertson Learning Resources Center at UWSP.

Explore the wonders of the natural world through collections of animals, fish, plants and prehistoric specimens as the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point opens all of its museum collections to the public for the fifth annual Collection Crawl from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Hosted by its Museum of Natural History, the event allows participants to see the more than 25,000 square feet of museum collections on display in several university buildings.

Visitors begin the Collection Crawl at the Albertson Learning Resources Center (university library), where they pick up passports then gather stamps at 11 collection areas around campus. At each stop, university students will provide information and answer questions for families, students and community members who attend.

In addition to the Museum of Natural History exhibits, access will be available to the following collections: archaeology, entomology (insects), geology (rocks), herbarium (plants), herpetology (amphibians and reptiles), ichthyology (fish), mammalogy (mammals), ornithology (birds), paleontology (prehistoric life) and parasitology (parasites).

Admission is free. Visitors may park for free in Lot R, which is accessible from Portage or Reserve streets. For more information, go to www.uwsp.edu/museum.

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